The July Special of Gary Rydstrom ends here... with more interviews!
Road Trip Nation had an interview with Rydstrom talking about his life and sound design work.
"Since he was twelve, Gary Rydstrom knew he wanted to work in film, but he was uncertain what he would specialize in. At USC film school, he found his passion with sound. Although the film industry is competitive … [Read more...]

Here is an interesting interview with Gary Rydstrom conducted in 2007 by Kboo Radio in his Words and Pictures Program. It's About 28:16 minutes.
"Academy Award-winning sound designer Gary Rydstrom recently jumped into the director's chair to create the animated short "Lifted" for Pixar. Gary hosted a screening at this summer's Platform Animation Festival in Portland, and has … [Read more...]

Gary Rydstrom wasn't the main sound designer of Titanic, he worked as a re-recording mixer, making a wonderful work with the Sound Crew, and won an Academy Award for Best Sound.
I couldn't let go this article that I find about the ound design of Titanic. Let's read!
"What the extra time gave us," says supervising sound editor Tom Bellfort, "was the ability to come to terms … [Read more...]

The Hauting, a horror movie directed by Jan de Bont. The Sound Design by Gary Rydstrom, wich had a interesting interview at filmsound.org talking about the sound of The Haunting. Let's see:
On a recording soundstage here at George Lucas' Skywalker Ranch, the movie's sound designer, Gary Rydstrom, had just received an urgent call from a colleague. An image of the movie's … [Read more...]

Minority Report, one of the most recognized sci-fi and futuristic films, another master piece directed by Steven Spielberg, with the sound work of Gary Rydstrom. A huge range of sounds, for a huge number of gadgets and devices that do not yet exist.
Let's see this interesting article from Mix Online, with information about the sound of Minority Report.
The story revolves … [Read more...]

One of the most important Gary Rydstrom's work was the sound of Terminator 2: Judgment Day, directed by James Cameron and distributed by Tri-Star Movies.
Terminator 2 won 4 Oscars and another 19 wins & 18 nominations. In sound won an Academy Award for Best Sound, Academy Award for Best Effects, Sound Effects Editing and BAFTA Award for Best Sound
Some time ago, Gary talk … [Read more...]

Let's begin the Gary Rydstrom Special with Jurassic Park, an Academy Award-winning movie directed by Steven Spielberg and released in 1993 marking the debut of DTS in motion picture theatres on 876 screens.
There is an article at MPSE taken from a special event called "Big Movie Sound Effects: Behind the Scenes and Out of the Speakers” presented in Hollywood by Dane A. Davis … [Read more...]